"shorts in 1961, becoming a regular segment on ""The Yogi Bear Show"", featuring in a total of 32 episodes. He also appeared in other Hanna-Barbera series such as ""Yogi's Gang"" in 1973, as a co-host for ""Laff-A-Lympics"" in 1977 and 1978, ""Yogi's Treasure Hunt"" in 1985 and as a teenager on ""Yo Yogi!"" in 1991. When the character of Snagglepuss was used for a series of Kellogg's cereal television commercials in the 1960s, Bert Lahr filed a lawsuit, claiming that the similarity of the Snagglepuss voice to his own might cause viewers to falsely conclude that Lahr was endorsing the"
"that he could capture anything in, including the demons, hence the ""not again!"" remarks at the mention of the word ""sack."" Hana mentions a happy ending for herself in which she seduces a 'Brownie', a fairie sized creature from the 1988 fantasy film Willow. One of the water demons is called ""Sogglepuss"" by Hana, referring to the Hanna-Barbera cartoon character Snagglepuss. While Moppet is trapped in a dream, she and Sarah's mother recite Miranda and Prospero's lines from ""The Tempest"", by Shakespeare. The play was previously referenced in volume III, when Sarah requests one of her students to read the"
"customers always ended up returning Magilla, forcing Mr. Peebles to refund their money. Magilla often ended each episode with his catchphrase ""We'll try again next week."" An adorable, admiring little red headed girl named Ogee, who asked, ""How much is that Gorilla in the window?"" during the show's opening theme song, appeared occasionally. In a send up of the feuding Hatfields and McCoys, an orange hillbilly cat named Punkin' Puss (voiced by Allan Melvin) is constantly chasing a hard to catch hillbilly mouse named Mushmouse (voiced by Howard Morris). Punkin' Puss' weapon of choice is a shotgun. Ricochet Rabbit (voiced"
"advertising agency looking for a mascot for their new product. The customers always ended up returning Magilla, forcing Peebles to refund their money. Magilla often ended episodes with his catchphrase ""We'll try again next week."" Many of Hanna-Barbera's animal characters were dressed in human accessories; Magilla Gorilla sported a bow tie, shorts held up by suspenders, and an undersized derby hat. The only customer truly interested in obtaining the trouble-prone Magilla was a little girl named Ogee (voiced by Jean Vander Pyl and pronounced ""Oh Gee!""). During the cartoon's theme song, ""We've Got a Gorilla for Sale"", she asks hopefully,"
"and he also appeared in the episode ""Live and Lion"" of the animated series ""Snagglepuss"". Besides Yakky, the main characters in his cartoons are: Yakky Doodle Yakky Doodle is a fictional character created by Hanna-Barbera Productions. Yakky's name is a parody of ""Yankee Doodle"". Yakky Doodle (voiced by Jimmy Weldon to sound similar to Donald Duck) is an anthropomorphic yellow duckling with green wings who lives with his best friend Chopper the bulldog. Yakky is always one to run into danger when it is most expected. This usually comes in the form of the show's main antagonist Fibber Fox or"
"it a more original voice. Hokey Wolf began as an impression of Phil Silvers, and Snagglepuss as Bert Lahr. In fact, when Snagglepuss began appearing in commercials for Kellogg's Cocoa Krispies in 1961, Lahr threatened to sue Butler for ""stealing"" his voice. As part of the settlement, the disclaimer ""Snagglepuss voice by Daws Butler"" was required to appear on each commercial, making him the only voice actor ever to receive one in an animated TV commercial. Butler redesigned these voices, making them his own inventions. Huckleberry Hound was inspired many years earlier, in 1945, by a North Carolina neighbor of"
"of Scatterbrook. He befriended two children, brother and sister John and Sue Peters, who often tried to clear up the messes he created. Worzel had a collection of interchangeable turnip, mangelwurzel and swede heads; each suiting a particular occasion or allowing him to perform a certain task. He also had his own language, Worzelese. Worzel's catchphrases were: ""A cup o' tea an' a slice o' cake"", ""I'll be bum-swizzled"" and ""Bozzy MCoo"". He was madly in love with Aunt Sally, a vain, cruel-hearted fairground coconut-shy doll who considered herself a lady and far too good for a common scarecrow such"
"Snuffles (character) Snuffles is an anthropomorphic cartoon dog appearing in animated television shorts produced by Hanna-Barbera beginning in 1959 on ""The Quick Draw McGraw Show"". Daws Butler provided his voice. Snuffles is a bloodhound used by Quick Draw to ferret out bad guys in the old West, but needed to be bribed with a dog biscuit before performing his task. Upon chomping on one, he would hug himself in ecstasy, jump into the air and float back down, sighing. Occasionally, Snuffles would demand more than one biscuit, and was willing to accept them from bad guys as well. Joe Barbera"
"Scrappy-Doo Scrappy-Doo is a fictional Great Dane puppy created by Hanna-Barbera Productions in 1979, with the catchphrases, ""Scrappy Dappy Doo"", ""Lemme at 'em!"" and ""Puppy Power!"". He is the nephew of Hanna-Barbera cartoon star Scooby-Doo. Scrappy has appeared in a number of the various incarnations of the ""Scooby-Doo"" cartoon series. Lennie Weinrib provided his voice for one season in 1979, and from 1980 on it was performed by Don Messick (who also voiced Scooby). In the first live-action theatrical movie, video games, and commercials, he was voiced by Scott Innes. He was created to save the show's ratings which by"
"Curtis), and in the pleasing and unusual character voices and dialect. For example, Motormouse would often over enunciate words, saying things like ""Chi-co-ry"", and greeting Autocat with a friendly ""Hey there, Au-to-cat"". Motormouse resembled Pixie & Dixie in character design. Hanna-Barbera had high hopes for ""Cattanooga Cats"" to be a hit program, like ""The Banana Splits"", but the show failed to attract a large audience during its original run. Mildew Wolf, the most popular character on the program, resurfaced six years after the cancellation of ""Cattanooga Cats"" as co-host, with Snagglepuss, on ""Laff-a-Lympics"", this time voiced by John Stephenson. Lambsy"
"television broadcast, with an unseen announcer. Hosting duties and commentary are provided by Snagglepuss and Mildew Wolf from the ""It's the Wolf!"" segments of ""Cattanooga Cats"" (voiced by John Stephenson rather than Paul Lynde). Snagglepuss and Mildew wear animated versions of the contemporary yellow jackets of ABC Sports announcers. Other Hanna-Barbera characters such as Fred Flintstone, Barney Rubble, Jabberjaw and Peter Potamus made appearances as guest announcers and judges. Other non-competing characters include parents of contestants (interviewed by Mildew before events) and various monsters and creatures that serve as antagonists during events. The ""good guy"" teams, consisting of the Yogi"
"Mr. Snuffleupagus Aloysius Snuffleupagus (), more commonly known as Mr. Snuffleupagus, Snuffleupagus or Snuffy for short, is one of the characters on ""Sesame Street"", an educational television program for young children. He is a woolly mammoth-like creature, without tusks or (visible) ears, and has a long thick pointed tail, similar in shape to that of a dinosaur (like a sauropod; in particular an Apatosaurus) or other reptile. He has long thick brown hair and a trunk, or ""snuffle"", that drags along the ground. He is Big Bird's best friend and has a baby sister named Alice. He also attends ""Snufflegarten""."
"go faster. He also has a front compartment where he keeps his set of tools which he uses in certain situations. His catchphrase is “Spinnaker, fly!” He is voiced by Samson Hyland. She is Sydney's best friend, and a feisty, young female trainee water taxi who dreams of becoming the best water taxi in the whole harbor. Her catchphrase is “Hoop-dee-doo!” She is voiced by Frederique Sims. He is a strong male tugboat, who is the leader of the fleet, and keeps Bubble Bath Bay in order. His catchphrase is ""Anchors aweigh!"" Voiced by Colin Friels. A male green boat,"
"a famous (and much parodied) speech impediment. His catchphrase is ""Scooby-Dooby-Doo!"" Writers Joe Ruby and Ken Spears created the original ""Scooby-Doo"" series, ""Scooby-Doo, Where are You!"", for Hanna-Barbera for CBS's 1969–70 Saturday morning cartoon schedule. Originally titled ""Mysteries Five"", the dog who later became Scooby was originally more of a sidekick character – a bongo-playing dog named ""Too Much"" whose breed varied between Great Dane and sheepdog between treatments. By the time the series was pitched to the network as ""Who's S-S-Scared?"" in early 1969, Too Much was solidified as a cowardly Great Dane. Both the dog and the series"
"Punkin' Puss & Mushmouse Punkin' Puss & Mushmouse is a cartoon produced by Hanna-Barbera and originally aired as a segment on ""The Magilla Gorilla Show"". The show features a hillbilly cat called Punkin' Puss (voiced by Allan Melvin) who lives in a house in the woods of the southern US. Punkin' is preoccupied with a hillbilly mouse called Mushmouse (voiced by Howard Morris) who lives there too, and Punkin' frequently tries to shoot him with his rifle. The ""Nowhere Bear"" has Punkin' Puss continually disrupting an angry bear's sleep. The episode ""Small Change"" has Punkin' Puss (and later a dog"
"as well) shrinking to mouse size. Usually one of Mushmouse's cousins comes and gives Punkin' Puss a hard time. Many would think Punkin' Puss would stop bullying Mushmouse when this occurs but to no avail on Mushmouse's behalf when the relative leaves. Punkin' Puss & Mushmouse Punkin' Puss & Mushmouse is a cartoon produced by Hanna-Barbera and originally aired as a segment on ""The Magilla Gorilla Show"". The show features a hillbilly cat called Punkin' Puss (voiced by Allan Melvin) who lives in a house in the woods of the southern US. Punkin' is preoccupied with a hillbilly mouse called"
"and somewhat eccentric personality. He has a love of big words, Latin phrases, philosophy, and colorful puns relating to his immediate situation (""Were I to ride upon this sawhorse he would not only be an animal, he would become an equipage for he would then be a horse and buggy""). These puns cause his companions a great deal of distress, in response to the aforementioned pun, ""[T]he Scarecrow gave a gasp and the Tin Woodman stopped short and looked reproachfully at the Woggle-Bug. At the same time the Sawhorse loudly snorted in derision; and even the Pumpkinhead put up his"
"sought to rule the planet Mobius for no reason other than the fact that he appeared to be motivated by the act of being evil. While the threat he posed to Sonic the Hedgehog and Mobius varied from episode to episode, he was generally portrayed as incompetent and immature, with a tendency to mistreat his dim-witted badnik sidekicks Scratch, Grounder and Coconuts, and many times when Sonic foils his plans, utter the catchphrase ""I hate that hedgehog!"". Another catchphrase associated with the character is ""pingas"", taken from his comment ""Snooping as usual, I see"". In the 1993 animated series, Saturday"
"pun on the word ""wildlife"", which is the main theme of the show. The title refers to Darcy's eccentric life dealing with wildlife. Many episodes also had titles based on puns, such as ""Puppy Love"" (with puppies), ""Swine Flew the Coop"" (on swine flu), ""Knockin' on Heaven's Doggie Door"" (song ""Knockin' on Heaven's Door"") or ""The Trouble with Truffles"" (""Star Trek""s ""Tribbles""). Darcy is the main character in the show. She loves fashion and doesn't know too much about nature until she moves to what she calls ""the middle of nowhere"". She was born in a parking lot of her"
"blow your voice out, but also how to make things come alive."" The show is set in San Francisco, California, and revolves around the adventures of Bessie Higgenbottom, an ambitious and optimistic 9-year-old Honeybee scout who wears her uniform every day. She believes she will become a superhero called The Mighty B if she collects every Honeybee badge. As of the first episode, she has 4,584 badges to go. Her loyal younger brother, Benjamin ""Ben"", aspires to be her sidekick. Happy, a stray dog with a torn ear, is Bessie's pet and best friend. Bessie and Ben live with their"
"Barbara Woodhouse Barbara Kathleen Vera Woodhouse (née Blackburn; 9 May 1910 Rathfarnham, Ireland – 9 July 1988, Buckinghamshire, England) was a dog trainer, author, horse trainer and television personality. Her 1980 television series ""Training Dogs the Woodhouse Way"" made her a household name in the UK. Among her catch-phrases were ""walkies"" and ""sit!"", the latter parodied in the 1983 James Bond film ""Octopussy"". She was also known for her ""no bad dogs"" philosophy. Barbara Blackburn was born 9 May 1910 in Rathfarnham, Ireland to an Irish family and grew up in Dublin. When her schoolmaster father died in 1919, her"
"and inspired an entire line of merchandise. In casting, Nancy Cartwright originally planned to audition for the role of Lisa, while Yeardley Smith tried out for Bart. Smith's voice was too high for a boy, so she was given the role of Lisa. Cartwright found that Lisa was not interesting at the time, so instead auditioned for Bart, which she thought was a better role. Hallmarks of the character include his chalkboard gags in the opening sequence; his prank calls to Moe; and his catchphrases ""Eat my shorts"", """"¡Ay, caramba!"""", and ""Don't have a cow, man!"" Although, with the exception"
"seven-minute episodes were mixed in with new seven-minute cartoons featuring Tom and Jerry Kids characters. The rest of the half-hour program mostly was taken up by Screwball Squirrel, another Tex Avery creation from the 1940s. In these new cartoons, Screwy made his home in a public park, making life miserable for hot-headed park attendant Dweeble and his dog Rumpley — both, rather typical Hanna-Barbera comedy foes rather than Tex Avery-inspired characters. It also included two more characters from the previous show: Wild Mouse and Lightning Bolt the Super Squirrel. Apart from episodes 11 and 13 every episode started and ended"
"as far as the 20th century, or else a future incarnation or counterpart of him. Being the earliest of the Smurfs' sworn enemies, it was inevitable that Gargamel would be a recurring character in the Hanna-Barbera cartoon series, even in the opening theme where he shouts out loud his hatred for the Smurfs and his desperate attempts to catch them. Despite his never-ending hatred and frustration for the Smurfs, more than once has he had to rely on Papa Smurf to help save him from a more wicked enemy's plans (such as Balthazar) or to rescue him from a potion"
"and an Al Jaffee introduction. Milt Gross Milt Gross (; March 4, 1895 – November 29, 1953) was an American cartoonist and animator. His work is noted for its exaggerated cartoon style and Yiddish-inflected English dialogue. He originated the non-sequitur ""Banana Oil!"" as a phrase deflating pomposity and posing. His character Count Screwloose's admonition, ""Iggy, keep an eye on me!"", became a national catchphrase. The National Cartoonists Society fund to aid indigent cartoonists and their families for many years was known as the Milt Gross Fund. In 2005, it was absorbed by the Society's Foundation, which continues the charitable work"
"Smurfs then moderated their passion for her, worshipping from a distance, and she settled permanently in the village. She even learned to speak in Smurf language when previously she had spoken in straight human speech in accordance with Gargamel's magic. Her influence could still be used for positive actions. When Hefty Smurf tried to organize the Olympic Smurfs, the other Smurfs showed no interest. But when it was later announced that the winner would get a kiss from Smurfette, this produced a mad rush for the signing-in office. The Hanna-Barbera cartoon series of the Smurfs, introduced in 1981, had her"
"of other Hanna-Barbera characters, such as Snagglepuss and Hardy Har Har. Snooper and Blabber starred in the following seven-minute cartoons on ""The Quick Draw McGraw Show"": Snooper and Blabber appeared in the 1972 TV-movie ""Yogi's Ark Lark"", which was part of ""The ABC Saturday Superstar Movie"" and also the pilot for ""Yogi’s Gang"". They also appear in the 1982 special ""Yogi Bear's All Star Comedy Christmas Caper"". The duo later appeared in the following Hanna-Barbera cartoon series: Snooper and Blabber made appearances in a number of comic books, and had their own title from Gold Key Comics, which only ran"
"cat, whom he had trained to respond to the name of Boo. The two explained that, during the Revolutionary War, they had stumbled upon two Redcoats and ended up hiding inside the clock, but also that they then were unable to get out of the clock and eventually died inside. Ever since being freed by their new friends, Mudsy and Boo have accompanied them on many mysteries, always giving an invisible helping hand. The character voice of Mudsy was provided by Daws Butler and was identical to his voice work for Snagglepuss, down to the use of Snagglepuss's catchphrases, ""Even."""
"from time to time to join the pop-culture games which are a staple of the strip. Bart Savagewood was Lola Granola's ex-boyfriend. He is a tall, ruggedly-handsome mustachio'd test pilot for the U.S. Navy. His hobbies include catching sharks, and weight-lifting (it is mentioned that he bench presses 290 lbs.) He made Opus – who nicknamed him ""The Human Chin"" – feel inadequate. Opus' television usually appeared in segments used to satirize consumerism. It would often get on its (until then, unseen) hind legs during infomercials and either browbeat or hypnotize Opus into buying copious quantities of whatever product it"
"Milt Gross Milt Gross (; March 4, 1895 – November 29, 1953) was an American cartoonist and animator. His work is noted for its exaggerated cartoon style and Yiddish-inflected English dialogue. He originated the non-sequitur ""Banana Oil!"" as a phrase deflating pomposity and posing. His character Count Screwloose's admonition, ""Iggy, keep an eye on me!"", became a national catchphrase. The National Cartoonists Society fund to aid indigent cartoonists and their families for many years was known as the Milt Gross Fund. In 2005, it was absorbed by the Society's Foundation, which continues the charitable work of the Fund. Gross was"
"him for oversleeping while others work. Sally Brown takes a groggy Snoopy to school for Show and Tell. After one boy talks about his pet chameleon, Sally is up, but Snoopy lies there motionless. However, when the owner of the chameleon plays his boom box which has the third and final verse of ""Flashbeagle"" Snoopy gets up and starts dancing, and all the children gradually join in. The special ends with Charlie Brown saying to his sister that he thinks he should do something about his dog's behavior. Sally disagrees with him because, thanks to Snoopy, she got an ""A"""
"The Skatebirds The Skatebirds (onscreen title: Skatebirds) is a 60-minute Saturday morning live-action/animated package program produced by Hanna-Barbera Productions and broadcast on CBS from September 10, 1977 to January 21, 1978. The Skatebirds consisted of three large costumed birds on roller skates: Knock-Knock, a woodpecker (voiced by Lennie Weinrib); Satchel, a pelican (voiced by Bob Holt) and Scooter, a penguin (voiced by Don Messick); their nemesis was a cat named Scat Cat (voiced by Scatman Crothers). The live-action sequences featuring The Skatebirds mostly revolved around the nasty Scat Cat perpetually chasing the roller-staking trio and trying to get the best"
"national announcer. The figure grew popular, so much so that toy figures of the dog were produced, and """"Yo quiero (X)"""" became a recognized piece of popular culture. The dog also started two additional catchphrases: ""Drop the chalupa!"" (which briefly became an oft-quoted phrase on ""SportsCenter"") and ""Viva Gorditas!,"" meaning ""Long live Gorditas!"" In a noted crossover with the 1998 ""Godzilla"" film, the dog famously tried to trap the monster in a box, goading the beast with the phrase, ""Here, lizard, lizard, lizard!"", only to see Godzilla's size and respond, ""Uh-oh. I think I need a bigger box!"" (a reference"